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Stipulate vs Surmise - What's the difference?

stipulate | surmise |

As verbs the difference between stipulate and surmise

is that stipulate is to require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement while surmise is .

As an adjective stipulate

is (botany) having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

stipulate

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(stipulat)
  • To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
  • To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
  • To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
    • Derived terms
    * stipulated * stipulation * stipulative

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
    • Antonyms
    * exstipulate

    surmise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
    • surmises of jealousy or of envy
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practices contradict his profession; not upon small surmises .
  • * 1919 ,
    • The meeting had been devoid of incident. No word had been said to give me anything to think about, and any surmises I might make were unwarranted. I was intrigued.
  • Reflection; thought; posit.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (surmis)
  • To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.

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